Stack Consumption Vulnerability in PHP's filter_var Function

Stack Consumption Vulnerability in PHP's filter_var Function

CVE-2010-3710 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Stack consumption vulnerability in the filter_var function in PHP 5.2.x through 5.2.14 and 5.3.x through 5.3.3, when FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a long e-mail address string.

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